COP17 advances $1.3bn for land restoration, puts rangelands at centre
Premium Timesby Abdulkareem Mojeed·24 Aug 2026
Governments, development banks, investment funds and businesses attending the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) have announced...
Audit exposes fundamental flaws in Green India Mission’s execution
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey·24 Aug 2026
- A CAG audit found India’s Green India Mission achieved only around 5% of its afforestation target and missed more than 97% of its ecosystem-restoration goal, citing poor planning and weak...
Wildfire burning near Nevada city forces evacuation of 90,000 residents
ABC News Australia·24 Aug 2026
In short: A huge blaze is burning perilously close to neighbourhoods in the Nevada city of Reno, with authorities warning that shifting winds could put homes at risk.
Tiny root hairs, big impact: How bacteria help plants survive drought
Phys.orgby Manon Boot·24 Aug 2026
Tiny root hairs, big impact: How bacteria help plants survive drought What helps plants cope better with drought?
Seeking refuge in the catacombs of the early Christians: Rome’s solution to the heat
El País Englishby Lorena Pacho·24 Aug 2026
One answer to the hotter summers of the future could be hidden beneath centuries of history. Rome has begun turning its attention to the extensive network of underground spaces beneath its streets...
Gurugram rain chaos: School buses stranded for hours with kids, ambulances stuck; WFH, online classes advised
Hindustan Timesby Anagha Deshpande·24 Aug 2026
Gurugram rain chaos: School buses stranded for hours with kids, ambulances stuck; WFH, online classes advised Gurugram experienced significant disruption from rain-induced waterlogging, affecting...
A forecast is not a decision: Design engineering for drought preparedness
Phys.orgby Mitul Iyengar; Luke Fiorante·24 Aug 2026
A forecast is not a decision: Design engineering for drought preparedness More than 80 countries face chronic drought, yet only a third have systems in place to act before a drought arrives rather...
Prince Harry steps down from African Parks charity board
BBC Newsby Olivia Ireland·24 Aug 2026
- Published The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of an African wildlife charity whose rangers had been found to have committed human rights abuses against indigenous people.
Climate scientists solve monsoon puzzle and warn of risks to fisheries
Phys.orgby Vicky Welstead·24 Aug 2026
Climate scientists solve monsoon puzzle and warn of risks to fisheries A new study has reconciled a long-standing paradox in the South Asian summer monsoon cycle.
World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows
BBC Newsby Mark Poynting·24 Aug 2026
- Published The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the growing El Niño weather phenomenon.
Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal | Zoe Williams
Environment | The Guardianby Zoe Williams·24 Aug 2026
As it is August, and everyone with stronger opinions is currently on holiday, last week I went on Any Questions?, the BBC Radio 4 panel show.
3 ways to improve Canada’s wildfire advisory capacity
The Conversation Canadaby Ranjan Datta, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University·24 Aug 2026
In mid-July, parts of Ontario woke up under a yellow sky. Nearly 200 forest fires were burning, most of them in the northwest, and Toronto briefly had the worst air quality of any major city in the...
Everybody is sitting in luxury: Delhi HC pans authorities over inaction in Yamuna cleaning issue
Bar and Benchby Bhavini Srivastava·24 Aug 2026
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Delhi government and Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure...
Firefighters are trying to stop a fast-moving Nevada wildfire from spreading to homes in Reno
The Independentby Haven Daly and John Seewer·24 Aug 2026
A wildfire that mushroomed over the weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills spread perilously close to neighborhoods in Reno, Nevada, forcing authorities to urge more than 90,000 residents to leave...
Australia has just 12,000 sea lions left – and ‘carnage’ may await them as bird flu takes hold, scientists warn
Wildlife | The Guardianby Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent·24 Aug 2026
Scientists have warned deadly H5 bird flu could cause “carnage” for Australia’s seal and sea lion populations after detection of the virus in long-nosed fur seals in South Australia.
Daniel Janzen and the long work of bringing back a forest
Mongabay Globalby Rhett Butler·24 Aug 2026
- Daniel Janzen’s scientific work helped reshape ecologists’ understanding of tropical forests, especially the relationships among plants, insects, pathogens, predators, and seeds.
Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn't the sole culprit
Phys.orgby Frisa Irawan Ginting; Dian Fiantis·24 Aug 2026
Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn't the sole culprit Forest and land fires across Indonesia have spiked once again.
Antarctic krill fishery closes months early amid increasing fishing pressure
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne·24 Aug 2026
- The krill fishery in the Southern Ocean has closed more than three months early after reaching its annual catch limit of 620,000 metric tons — a precautionary quota established to prevent...
A deadly cross over: In South Africa, rabies moves from land animals to seals
Mongabay Globalby Andy Lehren·24 Aug 2026
- Cape Town, South Africa, has recorded 135 incidents of aggressive seal behavior toward humans since September 2021, including injuries that led to hospitalizations.
A study on African Bermuda-grass highlights gaps in bioinvasion policy
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni·24 Aug 2026
- A survey documents the naturalisation of African Bermuda-grass, native to Central and East Africa, in two Indian biodiversity hotspots, the Himalayas and the Western Ghats.
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